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On the Role of Phytomelioration in Improving the Fertility of Degraded Soils in Azerbaijan
Abstract: The article deals with the study of the actual state of the soil of the object of study, about the degree of their susceptibility to erosion in the example of winter pastures in the Shamakhi region. It is proved that the water constants of these soils, moisture capacity and their ability to retain the available moisture for plants are reduced by several orders of magnitude. It is determined that soil …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 29–31 Read article
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Isolation and Characterization of Rhizosphere-Competent Indigenous Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria for Biofertilizer Applications
Abstract: Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for crop growth and development. Low levels of P in soil is due to high reactivity of soluble P with calcium (Ca), iron (Fe) or aluminum (Al) that lead to P precipitation. Mineral phosphate (P) solubilization is an important activity of rhizospheric bacteria that contribute significantly to the plant growth and development in eco-friendly manner. Four potent phosphate solubilizers (PSB-2, PSB-3, PSB-4 and PSB-7), …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 13–18 Read article
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Impact of Secondary Metabolism on Therapeutic Efficacy of Medicinal Plants
Abstract: Medicinal plants constitute main resource base of almost all the traditional healthcare systems. Most of the herbal drugs produced currently in majority of the developing countries lack proper quality specification and standards. Both the raw drugs and the finished herbal products manufactured contain complex mixtures of organic compounds, such as fatty acids, sterols, alkaloids, flavonoids, polyphenols, glycosides, saponins, tannins, terpenes, etc. The quality of the finished product is based on …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 6–12 Read article
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Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh
Abstract: The knowledge base of pharmacotherapy is changing. Even five decades ago, rural people used to visit folk healers for traditional medication mostly obtained from the roots and leaves of the remote plants. Bangladesh, a country of a fertile land, has a rich flora of medicinal plants. Around 5000 angiosperm plant species are identified and researchers are continuously working with them. And also, their impeccable contribution toward medicinal science is also …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 19–29 Read article
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Prediction of Functional Parameters of Vegetable Stem Solid Waste Degradation Using Taylor’s Variable Model
Abstract: Mathematical model was developed to monitor, predict and simulate the functional parameters of vegetable stem solid waste degradation using Taylor’s variable model. Data obtained from the experimental research work was transformed and resolved using Laplace transformation upon the degradation of vegetable stem solid waste. The specific rate of vegetable stem solid waste, maximum specific rate and the disassociation constant rate were evaluated in terms Michaeli’s Menten and Linear method using …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 30–36 Read article
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An Overview on Cannabis and its Medical Applications
Abstract: Today, cannabis plant is raising interest in medical field due to its potential applications, for example, in antitumor drugs, to treat inflammation, cell proliferation, and cell survival. Cannabinoid receptors have a major role in the mechanism of cancer therapy. But in spite of its advantages in medical field, it has some disadvantages also. Due to lack of proper information, it may cause severe side effects. This paper reviews recent work …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 1–5 Read article
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Vesicular–Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Association Alleviates Antioxidant Activity of Bacopa monnieri
Abstract: Methanol extract of Bacopa leaves and ascorbic acid showed a significant scavenging of p < 0.05. The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of vesicular–arbuscular mycorrhiza treatment on antioxidant activity of Bacopa monnieri. Mycorrhiza spores were added to the plants at different time intervals and the plants were categorized as T1, T2, T3 and T4 according to treatments. T1 plants are control, while T2, T3 and T4 plants received …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 24–28 Read article
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Performance Evaluation of Local Oil Palm Fibre Dried in Dark Environment for Bioremediation of Crude Oil Polluted Soil
Abstract: The research work was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of the oil palm fibre dried in dark environment for bioremediation of crude oil polluted loamy soil. Experimental analysis was conducted to examine the characteristics of the effectiveness of the oil palm fibre dried in dark environment on the degradation of the crude oil in loamy soil. Gas Chromatograph (GC) made of x-ray fluorescence spectrometer was used in the analysis …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 16–23 Read article
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Photonic Crystals – A Review
Abstract: Photonic crystals are periodically arrayed electromagnetic media, commonly having possessing photonic band gaps: ranges of frequency in which light cannot propagate through the structure. This periodicity, where the length scale is proportional to the wavelength of light in the band gap, is the electromagnetic analogue of a crystalline atomic lattice, where the latter acts on the electron wave function to make the familiar band gaps, semiconductors, and so on, of …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 12–15 Read article
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Studies on Extraction, Modelling and Purification of Quercetin from Peel of Allium cepa
Abstract: ABSTRACT Quercetin is an anti-oxidant, which very efficiently scavenges highly reactive biological species such as peroxynitrite and hydroxyl radical. Quercetin belongs to the flavonoid’s family. The present studies on optimization of physico-chemical parameters like effects of different solvents, different solvent percentages, particle size, pH and extraction time for the extraction of quercetin was studied. The highest quercetin concentration for optimized conditions was 38 µg/ml. In the soxhlet extraction process, the …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 3–11 Read article
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Lichen Planus Follicularis Tumidus
Abstract: An extreme rare disease, which is asymptomatic occurring in the surface of cheek is termed lichen planus follicularis tumidus (LPFT). It is medically delineated as white-to-yellow milialike cysts and comedones (black head), and reddish-to-violaceous plaques. This paper congregates information about the type of skin disorder lichen planus follicularis tumidus (LPFT). Keywords: cyst, lichen planus follicularis tumidus, milia like, skin
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 1–2 Read article
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Somatic Embryogenesis from Immature Zygotic Embryos of Sterculia alata Roxb. and Monitoring the Ontogeny and the Genetic Fidelity of Somatic Embryos
Abstract: A protocol for the induction of somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos of Sterculia alata was established. The highest induction frequency for somatic embryogenesis was achieved using 3 mm size of zygotic embryos as explants on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 2,4-D (2.0 mgl–1) + BAP (0.1 mgl–1) and 3% sucrose. The embryogenic calli differentiated when transferred to MS basal medium (maintenance medium) after three weeks treatment in …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 53–67 Read article
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Endangered and Critical Endangered Medicinal Plants Species and Their Ethnobotanical Medicinal Values in India
Abstract: Medicinal plants have played an important role in primary health care system among the local people in India. The present paper deals with 30 plants species that are endangered or critical endangered, which were identified with relevant information and documented in this paper with regard to their botanical name, family, common name and utilization by the local people for common ailment. The medicinal practitioners were treating the common diseases like …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 68–74 Read article
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In-Vitro and In-Vivo Selection of Efficient Growth Promoting Fluorescent Pseudomonas Isolated from Bamboo Rhizosphere
Abstract: Bamboo is one of the important plant species for sustainability in both forestry and agriculture sector. Among bamboos, Dendrocalamus strictus is widely present in Indian sub-continent. Though bamboo having adventitious as well as shallow root system, it is one of the fastest growing plant species. This may be due to its dependency on several symbiotic soil microbes which may be in return providing nutrients and water for its fast growth. …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 20–52 Read article
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Effect of Different Types of Cytokines on Bryophyllum pinnatum Micropropagation and Evaluating the Antimicrobial Activity of In-Vivo and In-Vitro Methonolic Leaf Extract
Abstract: Medicinal plants have played an important role in primary health care system among local people in India. The present paper is a study of the traditional knowledge of Bryophyllum pinnatum, its antimicrobial activity and micropropagation. In our experiment methanolic extracts of B. pinnatum leafs were examined for antimicrobial activity against a number of bacteria and different types of cytokinins (growth hormone) e.g.thidiazuron(TDZ), diphnyleurea(DPU), and benzyl amino purine (BAP) were also …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 10–19 Read article
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A Review on the Alkaloids an Important Therapeutic Compound from Plants
Abstract: Plants have always been a basis for the traditional medicine systems and they have provided continuous remedies to the mankind for thousands of years. Therapeutic application of plants includes anti-tumor, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial activities. Knowledge of the plants for the preparation of various drugs has been of great significance. Plants are considered as a rich source of wide variety of ingredients which can be used for the development of drug. …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Synthetic Seed Technology and Its Applications: A Review
Abstract: Synthetic seed technology is a novel approach in plant tissue culture, as it joins the benefits of clonal propagation with those of seed proliferation. Production of synthetic seeds has opened new era in in vitro plant propagation technology, because it offers many useful advantages on a commercial scale for the propagation of a variety of plants. Synthetic seed technology is useful in multiplication and conservation of elite plant species, which …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 11–16 Read article
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Potato-Bacterial Wilt: Causal Organism, Disease Cycle and Management
Abstract: Bacterial wilt is a standout amongst the most dangerous disease of the potato, which has a wide host extend. On potato, the disease is otherwise called brown rot, southern wilt, sore eye or jammy eye.
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 5–10 Read article
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Acutodesmus dimorphus: A Promising Alga for Commercial Scale Cultivation for Biofuels and Biomass
Abstract: This article summarizes the potential of fresh water microalgae Acutodesmus dimorphus (A. dimorphus) for commercial scale cultivation. Recent studies on this alga are discussed. A recently concluded field trial of genetically modified strain of this alga, when cultivated outdoor in natural environment, demonstrated that the alga was able to express the modified phenotype with no observed adverse effect on native algal species in surrounding medium. Being first such US EPA …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 29–33 Read article
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Plants Having Antihelmenthic Activity: A Review
Abstract: An herb is a plant that is esteemed for flavour, aroma, or different qualities. Herbs are used in cooking, as medicines, and for spiritual purposes. From old days to now a day, medicinal plants are a potential and valuable for the treatment of several diseases and disorders. Main reason behind of that is medicinal plants is not having any side effects. This paper gives information about the plants which has …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 22–28 Read article